1/48 Republic RF-84F Thunderflash - Finished

Hello all!Here are some photos of one of the models that i finished this year. This model was subject to publication on the May 2017 issue of Airfix Model World.As referred on the title, this is the well known TanModel kit. The first issue. The fit required some tweaking and was problematic around the camera bay windows.

The paints used were: - X-1 Black as a base for the metalwork; - Fuselage colours from the Mr.Hobby range; - Alclad2 lacquers;

Very nice! I am working on a NMF F-86. What did you use for your wash? What color wash? Did you do a pin wash or a sludge wash?

I seem to see some faint vertical lines in the NMF towards the rear of the fuselage. did you use Tamiya smoke to create this effect or did you do this effect as you applied the alclad, allowing a bit of the black undercoat to show throw in faint verticle lines?

Did you do any type of clear coat after applying decals, and if so satin, semi gloss?

Thanks for any insight you can give. I am trying to achive a similar finish to what you did on your Thunderflash.

Very nice! I am working on a NMF F-86. What did you use for your wash? What color wash? Did you do a pin wash or a sludge wash?

I seem to see some faint vertical lines in the NMF towards the rear of the fuselage. did you use Tamiya smoke to create this effect or did you do this effect as you applied the alclad, allowing a bit of the black undercoat to show throw in faint verticle lines?

Did you do any type of clear coat after applying decals, and if so satin, semi gloss?

Thanks for any insight you can give. I am trying to achive a similar finish to what you did on your Thunderflash.

Hello Route62!

Thanks for the kind reply!

I´ll try y best to give you some insight.

For the panel lines i used the set produced by Ammo, destined for NMF finishes. It`s an enamel based wash. It was aplied as a "pin" wash to the panel lines. Prior to this procedure, the Alclad2 lacquers were sealed with two layers of Tamiya X-22 Clear (acrylic). I know this procedure is debatable, but nevertheless i chose to aply it.

The faint vertical lines are produced via two aproaches. First, very thin brownish lines were sprayed onto the fuselage. I used Com.Art inks for this task, and sprayed them at around 0.6psi. Then, a filter was fashioned with oil paints (burnt Umber and lamp black) and aplied in selected panels with vertical brush strokes. This filter enhanced and blended the previously sparayed lines.

I sealed the decals first with gloss varnish, aplied the pin wash, and then sealed everything with satin varnish (Vallejo) prior to the aplication of the filters. This created the perfect surface for the filter to stain... The final layer was again Vallejo Satin varnish.

I know this is not standard procedure with NMF`s, but it works for me. It`s a lot simpler than the description.

Thank you for explaining, that is very helpful. In your estimation, how much of the luster did you lose from the Alclad metal finishes when it was all said and done?

I am at the stage where all my alclad metal colors have been applied, but I want to tone down the sheen to make the finish a bit more "war weary". Right now it looks like it just rolled of the assembly line.

Thank you for explaining, that is very helpful. In your estimation, how much of the luster did you lose from the Alclad metal finishes when it was all said and done?

I am at the stage where all my alclad metal colors have been applied, but I want to tone down the sheen to make the finish a bit more "war weary". Right now it looks like it just rolled of the assembly line.

About half or more.

this process really takes a tally on all the shine.

One solution may be to mix your own "satin" at a ratio of 4/2 gloss to matt or similar.

I am still to test that... nevertheless, i like the worn out appearance of these machines.